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Short Description:
Topsoil Deposit
Issued to
Kezia Evans | 09/07/2014
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Interpretation

    • Topsoil (No Sub Here) of Trench 12. goes straight onto natural, archaeologically sterile.
      • Ben Bazeley
    • 2-8-2014
    • Topsoil deposit. Filled with loose to moderate mid brownish-grey sandy silt with moderate small sub-angular stones and some chalk flecks. Archaeologically sterile. (12001) goes directly onto natural layer.
      • Kezia Evans
    • 5-12-2014

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Loose to moderate compaction
  • Mid-brownish grey
  • sandy silt
  • some small sub angular stones (mod), some chalk flecks, archaeologically sterile.
  • 1.80+ x 19.00+ x 0.34
  • Goes straight onto natural, Layer
  • Dry and Sunny

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
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Feature

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Site Photos

  • Photo: LA_0072
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    • Trench 12 pre-ex; pointing W
  • Photo: LA_0073
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    • Trench 12 pre-ex; pointing E
  • Photo: LA_0075
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    • Trench 12 pre-ex cut and fill; pointing S
  • Photo: LA_0553
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    • Water channel ditch cut, post-ex

Plan

  • Plan: LA_7
    • Post-Ex plan of trench 12 drawn at 1:20
    • Ben Swain
    • 22-7-2014

Record Details

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  • Kezia Evans 9-7-2014
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